The Cube Is Back

Monty AshleyWednesday, September 26, 2012

he Magic Online Cube is returning after the scheduled downtime on Wednesday, September 26! For complete details, you'll want to read the announcement. But since you're here, here are some highlights!

The primary prize for Cube drafts is going to be the Cube Ticket, which will also act as an alternate entry option for Cube drafts. When the Cube draft queues are available after the downtime on September 26, each Cube draft queue will require either 8 Event Tickets or 2 Event Tickets and 10 Cube Tickets to join. While alternative entry objects are not exactly new—see the Mirrodin Besieged and upcoming Return to Ravnica Prereleases—the fact that Cube drafts are Phantom gives us more flexibility to experiment with entry options and prize structures than we've ever had before. When looking at how we were going to use these new tickets, we really wanted to provide a structure that focuses on players who love Cube, but in a way that encourages participation for all players.

In addition to the Cube Ticket prizes, for the first week, there will be a single-elimination queue that gives out Mirage Block prizes and there will be a Mirage Block queue open. The second week, starting October 3, the Classic queue and prizes will change over to a Tempest Block and run until October 10.

People who play in the Swiss queues will win Cube tickets even if they don't win any rounds. For more information about the prize structure and the schedules for the Mirage and Tempest Block draft queues, read the official announcement.

Changes to the Cube

The following card changes have been applied to the Magic Online Cube. Note that one of the new cards is Dryad Militant from Return to Ravnica!